The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons named their game day inactives on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. ET, 90 minutes before kickoff of their Week Nine matchup at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. NFL teams are required to reduce their active rosters to 46 players for each regular-season game.
The Bucs' inactives begin with four starters who will miss the game due to injury: left tackle Anthony Collins, right defensive end Michael Johnson, running back Doug Martin and cornerback Alterraun Verner. Collins and Martin will each be out for a second straight week and Verner was listed as doubtful on Friday's injury report, but Johnson was an unfortunate piece of additional news on Sunday. Rookie G Kadeem Edwards is also out due to a foot injury suffered in practice Friday, but Edwards had been inactive for the Bucs' first eight games anyway.
The Falcons' list of inactives did not include any players currently designated as starters.
BUCCANEER INACTIVES
T Anthony Collins
G Kadeem Edwards
WR Robert Herron
DE Michael Johnson
RB Doug Martin
TE Luke Stocker
CB Alterraun Verner
Collins, Edwards, Johnson, Martin, Stocker and Verner are out due to injury.
FALCONS INACTIVES
CB Javier Arenas
T Cameron Bradfield
WR Freddie Martino
DE Cliff Matthews
QB Sean Renfree
T Jonathan Scott
LB Tyler Starr
Scott is out due to injury.
